More than 140 patients died in Gauteng after they were moved from the Life Esidiemni facility to ill-equipped NGOs.

Section27 also wants R1.5-million for the families for constitutional damages.

"In the end, we still don’t know why this devastating decision was taken," the advocate for Section27, Adila Hassim, said. "As if the irrationality of the decision is not bad enough - what we find instead is disregard and sometimes contempt for those who warned of the risks, cruelty and serious violation of the law, and constitutional rights and obligations."